Difference between revisions of "System"

Revision as of 23:03, 16 December 2012

Sytem page provides basic information about your meteobridge system. Beside selection of time zone and an option to change system password it is mainly a display panel.

System

This section gives you information about meteoplug hardware, total RAM capacity and how much ao fthat is already in use, which should not go beyond 90%. It also shows version of used Linux kernel and version of meteobridge application software.

Security

Security section allows you to change the password that protects the meteobridge web interface against unauthorized access. This password is in sync with the password for user root when you try to login via ssh. You can easily change the password by typing in the new password twice.

Localization

This sections shows date und time in UTC and in the timezone you have selected. If no timezone is selcted meteobridge takes UTC as you local timezone. Please select timezone matching your weather station's location.

Network Status

This sections shows actual IP or WLAN IP regarding if meteobridge is working in a cabled or wireless environment. It also displays the system's MAC. You also find network paremeters like gateway, netmask and DNS meteobridge is using at the moment. If you have made changes to the network setup, this is not reflected here until meteobridge is rebooted. WAN IP does report the IP your router does use to connect to the Internet. When there is no Internet connection an error message will displayed instead.

Messages

Messaging section shows system notifications, mainly around status of data logging functions of meteobridge. When meteobridge does not work as expected, a look into this log might give hints what goes wrong.

Submit Changes

When you press "Save and Apply" new pasword and timezone settings are stored. Reboot button does not store data, but will initiate a reboot of your meteobridge device.